| 释义 |
pound sign  noun1The sign £, representing a pound sterling.It adopted the pound sign as its party symbol to emphasise its hostility to the euro, which is viewed by Washington as the only potential challenger to the supremacy of the dollar....- Does a pound sign, followed by the numeral 1 and nine consecutive noughts give rational human beings the right to turn into irrational moaners?
- He spent six weeks in Brixton prison for drawing a pound sign on a £60m Rembrandt painting at the National Gallery, later admitting it was a step too far.
2North American The sign £, representing a pound as a unit of weight or mass, or used as a symbol on a phone keypad or computer keyboard. |